09:46, 08 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24-kg.com news agency , Baktygul OSMONALIEVA
The Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan met with the heads of the country’s light industry enterprises.
Akylbek Japarov noted that thanks to the active work of entrepreneurs and light industry employees, the republic has good export indicators within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.
«Thanks to the efforts of workers of the garment industry, citizens of the country are able to buy high-quality domestic products. We are ready to provide support, including financial one, to light industry enterprises to create conditions for increasing exports of finished products. Previously, the state did not have the necessary financial resources to support entrepreneurship. Now we have the opportunity to support production projects,» he said.
According to the official, the newly created Kyrgyzindustriya state enterprise will assist in the resuscitation of idle enterprises.
Business representatives raised a number of issues, including those related to the increase in orders in the face of an acute shortage of professional labor force, the need for soft loans to open branches of large garment enterprises in the regions, tax exemptions for companies using modern technologies in production to increase the share of exports.
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, together with Legprom Association and financial institutions, was instructed to work out the issue of providing preferential loans to light industry enterprises and develop measures to reduce dependence on imports of raw materials and accessories.